UFO Sightings in Ohio
4,176 UFO sightings reported in Ohio since 1947, peaking in 2013 (363 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,176
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (363 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2013 (363 reports)
Top cities in Ohio
Columbus
1956–2021 · peak 2013 (30 reports)
Cincinnati
1955–2022 · peak 2013 (17 reports)
Cleveland
1947–2021 · peak 2004 (9 reports)
Toledo
1954–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Dayton
1959–2021 · peak 2021 (11 reports)
Akron
1956–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Canton
1956–2020 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Garrettsville
2004–2022 · peak 2020 (23 reports)
Cambridge
1966–2022 · peak 2020 (18 reports)
Youngstown
1969–2022 · peak 2020 (7 reports)
Springfield
1974–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Chillicothe
1982–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Fairborn
1999–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Hamilton
1952–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Mansfield
1965–2022 · peak 1973 (4 reports)
West Chester
1992–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Newark
1976–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Medina
1977–2021 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Delaware
1977–2020 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Massillon
1995–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Westlake · OH, USA
Translucent craft with intermittent orange/red light.
Put-In-Bay · OH, USA
While camping on Put-In Bay I saw a strange blue-green light in the night sky.
Massillon · OH, USA
Pentagon shape with red lights on the outside.
Manchester · OH, USA
Orange color lights.
Circleville · OH, USA
Five or six spherical lights in V- Formation, appearing and then disappearing into the night sky.
Sabina · OH, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))
Springfield Township · OH, USA
Orb UFO sighting during electrical storm in NW Ohio.
Willowick · OH, USA
Bright Red Sphere.
Athens · OH, USA
Light gets brighter then dims to look like a normal star moving East. ((NUFORC Note: Flare from Iridium satellite? PD))
Avon · OH, USA
Twin lights with gold fire like trails behind them moving in very controlled up and down flight patterns.
Wellsville · OH, USA
12 red orbs/spheres over Wellsville, Ohio, skies.
Pleasant Hill · OH, USA
I could make something like this, if I had a 'black budget'.
Wheelersburg · OH, USA
3 reddish orange gold spheres flew from east to west over my house one at a time.
Miami Township · OH, USA
Slow moving red ball about 50 feet above ground. Picked up speed as went higher.
Hudson · OH, USA
Similar to "Phoenix Lights."
Barberton · OH, USA
Orange sphere-shaped object with sparks coming from bottom going from East to West.
Fairborn · OH, USA
4 orange/yellow bright lights /spheres in a cluster. 2 travelling together in a pattern then separating. 3-4 minutes.
Rootstown · OH, USA
Four blue spheres (3' in diameter) appeared in the field. Jumped around for a few minutes and hovered. Then they left one at a time.
Batavia · OH, USA
3 apparent military craft hovering at times and circling. After watching them a green light that looked like a flare fell from sky. The
Barberton · OH, USA
Red circular glow travling N to S west side of town.
Albany · OH, USA
Three bright orb like lights in a triangular formation, Vales Mill Road, Albany.
Medina · OH, USA
South end of Medina, Oh, between 6:30 and 6:45 (PM), I saw a orange flickering orb traveling due north.
Centerville · OH, USA
Glowing orange orb, no sound
Uniontown · OH, USA
5 bright objects appear when heavy clouds move in then disappear.
Miamisburg · OH, USA
Look like a drop glowball.